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Mon Nov 24 17:18:40 GMT 2008

You are absolutely correct Dr. Mattox.  We can only hope that this was  
not a simple "white washing," but a fundamental beginning of real  
science for real solutions in modern medicine.

Take care,

Bob Waddell II
EMT-P (ret)
bobwaddell at bresnan.net
307 920 2020

On Nov 24, 2008, at 10:12 AM, KMATTOX at aol.com wrote:

> Interesting review process.     I hope and trust that  the panel was  
> not
> overly "packed" with only one side of this  issue.     I do know  
> that I was not
> consulted or even  contacted by the panel, and that is OK.   I have  
> had concerns
> about  standards of inclusion as to just who should and should not  
> be flown
> and under  what circumstances.      I do hope that all sides of   
> this issue are
> put out into the open.    This is a real  opportunity for some real
> leadership.
>
> Kenneth L, Mattox
>
>
> In a message dated 11/24/2008 11:06:06 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> stephen.richey at gmail.com writes:
>
> After  reading the latest in the great series of articles on the  
> subject of
> the  Maryland helicopter fiasco by Robert Little of the Baltimore  
> Sun, I  have
> just one question:  If a lawyer can be disbarred for lying in the   
> course of
> an investigation, why can't doctors be held to a similar  standard?   
> If you
> blatantly disregard the evidence and continue to try  to cover your  
> butt,
> that is the same thing as perjury (minus the "under  oath" part), is  
> it  not?
>
> ================
> http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-medevac1124,0,6552349.story
>
> Some  Md. ambulance crews 'skittish,' official says Panel to offer   
> state
> recommendations in wake of Sept. copter crash that killed 4 By  
> Robert  Little
> | robert.little at baltsun.com |Baltimore Sun reporter11:13 AM EST,   
> November
> 24, 2008 State emergency medical officials say some ambulance  crews  
> in
> Maryland are "skittish" since the September medevac helicopter   
> crash and
> might have become too reluctant to transport accident victims to  the
> hospital by air.
>
> *Dr. Douglas J. Floccare, aeromedical director  of the state's  
> emergency
> medical system, told a panel of experts today that  crews are now  
> using
> ground ambulances for some patients who would benefit  from helicopter
> transport.
>
> "I'm concerned right now that there are  some patients that should  
> be flown
> to trauma centers that are not," he  said. "There's some  
> skittishness out
> there."*
>
> State emergency  medical officials convened the panel, made up of  
> seven
> trauma and emergency  medicine specialists from around the country, in
> response to the Sept. 28  medevac helicopter crash that killed four  
> people.
> The doomed flight had  been called to Waldorf to pick up two  
> automobile
> accident victims, neither  with apparent injuries but both selected  
> to fly
> based on a Maryland  guideline instructing medics to consider the  
> condition
> of an accident  victim's vehicle when making triage decisions.
>
> The helicopter crash --  and a recording of a dispatcher telling the  
> pilot
> that ambulance drivers in  Waldorf "never want to drive to the  
> hospital" --
> has fueled a debate over  the appropriate use of helicopters to  
> transport
> trauma patients. One member  of the panel, Nevada physician Bryan  
> Bledsoe,
> has published studies in  medical journals that raise doubts about  
> whether
> helicopter transport gets  patients to a hospital faster and saves  
> more lives
> than ground  ambulances.
>
> After deliberations later today, the panel is scheduled to  issue a
> recommendation to state officials tomorrow at 11 a.m.
>
> The  Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems has  
> already
> made  one change in the state's triage process in response to the  
> crash,
> telling  ambulance crews to consult with a hospital before calling a
> helicopter for  patients without obvious injuries.
>
> -- 
> Stephen L. Richey,  CRT
> Aviation Injury Research Project Leader
> Saginaw Valley State  University
> Work E-mail: slrichey at svsu.edu
> Home Office Phone:  248-366-4452
>
> "Hier stehe ich. Ich kann nicht anders. Gott helfe mir.  Amen."-  
> Martin
> Luther, before the Diet of Worms, 16. April  1521
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